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vi·cious cir·cle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vicious circle, vicious cyclenoun

    one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

  2. vicious circlenoun

    an argument that assumes that which is to be proved

Wiktionary

  1. vicious circlenoun

    A situation in which the solution to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.

  2. vicious circlenoun

    A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.

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  1. vicious circle

    A vicious circle is a complex chain of events that reinforces itself through a continuous feedback loop. It is a negative or destructive situation in which one problem causes another problem, which in turn makes the first problem worse. This cycle goes on repeatedly without any signs of improvement. The term is often used in the context of social, economic, psychological, or health-related issues.

Wikidata

  1. Vicious Circle

    Vicious Circle is the fourth studio album released in 1995 by L.A. Guns. Most of the songs have Phil Lewis on lead vocals, but the track "Nothing Better to Do" features Kelly Nickels on lead vocals, and "Tarantula" is instrumental. MC Bones drums on several songs. Lewis and Bones also played together in the band Filthy Lucre. Filthy Lucre bandmates Steve Dior and Jim Wirt sing backing vocals on several songs. Wirt was also the album's producer and engineer. After Bones left the band after recording, Steve Riley rejoined the band to tour for the album; it was the last time the classic line-up played together until 1999, Tracii Guns and Riley being the only classic members remaining after the tour. According to L.A. Guns folklore, Guns originally left the band prior to recording Vicious Circle. With Guns gone, the remaining members kicked around the idea of renaming the band L.A. Nickles, after bassist Kelly Nickles, before opting to keep the L.A. Guns name. PolyGram was completely unaware the guitarist had left the group. The record company would later later threaten legal action against the group when they discovered Guns was missing during the recording process. As a result, Guns returned to the band to finish the recording of the album and subsequent tour. This whole scenario inspired the albums title: Vicious Circle: A situation in which the solution to each problem gives rise to another, eventually bringing back the initial problem.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vicious circle in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vicious circle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of vicious circle in a Sentence

  1. Siddharth Astir:

    Life is like a vicious circle.... only the ones on the edge know what it is to face Highs and lows

  2. Diana Graber:

    It's almost like a little competition for the number of likes, i think that's anxiety-ridden, because you get likes based on how many friends you have, and you have to keep posting things to get more friends and it's like a vicious circle.

  3. Serigne Mbaye:

    His image at night when we were on the boat always haunts me, the sole fact that he is dead and I’m alive is because of an unjust law that condemns and punishes us. Some of us make it. Some can spend 20 years in a vicious circle without papers.

  4. Graham Taylor:

    You’ve kind of got a vicious circle; if nobody has heard about HTLV-1, then they’re not going to make a diagnosis of HTLV-1, so you then don’t see that there are people in your hospital, in your city, in your country who are HTLV-1-infected and developing disease.

  5. Timur Bakhtiev:

    People don't believe (protests) can change anything, it's true they don't change anything because they're too small. It's a vicious circle.


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